Malaysia 1981-FM 500 ringgit

Stephen Album sale 47, lot 1147

This specimen was lot 1147 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MALAYSIA: Constitutional Monarchy, AV 500 ringgit, 1981-FM, 4th Malaysian 5-Year Plan, with original blue wallet and COA, mintage of only 1,000 pieces; struck by the Franklin Mint, Proof, R." The five year plan, invented by Joseph Stalin and beloved by leaders of command economies, is no longer so popular as it once was. This NCLT is a relic of the Franklin Mint's foray into contract minting.

Recorded mintage: 20,000 plus 1,000 proofs.

Specification: 10.26 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-31.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1976 200 ringgit, third five-year plan
• 1977-FM 200 ringgit, 9th Southeast Asian Games
• 1979 ringgit
• 1981 10 sen
• 1982 10 sen
• 1982 20 sen
• 1982 50 sen
• 1982 500 ringgit
• Coins and currency dated 1981